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Chicken soup for the college soul : inspiring and humorous stories about college / Jack Canfield et al.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Chicken soup booksPublication details: Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c1999.Description: xxvii, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1558747028
  • 9781558747029
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BJ1661 .C36 1999
Contents:
1. Getting in -- The wonder years / Hugh Gallagher -- Never say never / Rosa Torcasio -- College bound / Dave Barry -- Bloopers from college admission essays / Richard Lederer -- Strange scholarships / Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader -- The envelope, please / Rory Evans -- If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count / Cynthia Stewart-Copier -- Hani / Jamie Winship -- Inspiration can be anywhere / Cerie L. Couture -- A proposal to myself / Sarah Lockyer -- 2. Transition -- Good-bye, Mr. Blib / Beth Mullally -- A Dad says good-bye / Joseph Danziger -- College talk / Kimberly Kirberger -- The "no hug" rule / Cheryl Costello-Forshey -- Shoes in the shower / Lia Gay and Rebecca Hart -- Deck the halls / Melanie Fester -- A letter from college / Adam Christing -- The times I called home from college -- The long road home / Lia Gay -- Breakdown of family traced to Psych. 1 student / Beth Mullally -- 3. Lessons from the classroom -- Undeclared / Tal Vigderson -- Making the grade / Varda one -- The good, the bad and the Emmy / David Wiemers -- The thought card / Hanoch McCarty -- I passed the test / Paula Lopez-Crespin -- The wicker chair / Eva Rosenberg -- Dissed / Mary J. Davis -- How to get an A on your final exam / Tony D'Angelo -- A compassionate philosophy / Kristi Nay -- Library Science / Jenna McCarthy -- Your legacy / Tony D'Angelo -- Angels on a pin (101 ways to use a barometer) / Alexander Calandra -- Topsy-turvy world / Kimberly Kirberger -- 4. Lessons from outside the classroom -- College wisdom seldom exercised in the summer / Beth Mullally -- Learning how to be roommates / Elsa Lynch -- The plaster shell / Miriam Goldstein -- The great escape / Wendy Marston -- Hanging out to dry / Paul Karrer -- Wrangler and stranglers / Ted Engstrom -- Of mice and maintenance men / Lisa Levenson -- Knowing where to tap / Tony D'Angelo -- Miracle on Times Square / Gunter David -- The dark gift / Kent Nerburn -- Reverse living / Norman Glass -- Blameless / Kathy Johnson Gale -- 5. Love 101 -- Finding my way / Zan Gaudioso -- The mirror / Dan Clark -- I dare you! / April Kemp -- The love I'll never forget / Tim Madigan -- Heartbreak 101 / Lauren Fox -- What is sex? / Adam Saperston -- Swans mate for life / Hal Torrance. 6. Acts of kindness -- The boy under the tree / David Coleman and Kevin Randall -- For the kids / Diana Breclaw -- Piano music / Daneen Kaufman -- Ten-dollar bills and roses / Mary J. Davis -- A not-so-random act of kindness / Will Keim -- Christy's last day / Christy Calchera, as told to Dan Clark -- The gift of music / Brandon Lagana -- Our community / Christa F. Sandelier -- 7. Friends -- The kids in the hall / Suzanna Casamento -- My sanctuary / Eric Linder -- My friend Kim / Robert Tate Miller -- 819 Gaffield Place / Michele Bender -- An unlikely hero / Tony Luna -- With help from a friend / Dorri Olds -- 8. Tough stuff -- My star / Zan Gaudioso -- Independence Day / Natasha Carrie Cohen -- #38 Chucky Mullins / James Simmons -- Zap the Sap! / Eric Saperston -- I said no / Natasha Carrie Cohen -- The rest of the story / Jo Wiley Cornell -- Stuck with no way out / Rosanne Martorella -- 9. Mind over matter -- Breaking the mold / Zan Gaudioso -- A better message / Carol Grace Anderson -- Homeboy goes to Harvard / Richard Santana -- From the heart of a blessed temple / B.T. Thomas -- Second kind of mind / JeVon Thompson -- Work for your supper / Arlene Green -- Catsup soup / Cynthia Hamond -- Student super-saver / Kevin Van Gundy -- Dare to take risks! / Stephen Hopson -- Emma's ducks / Paul Karrer -- Consider this / Bill Clinton -- All in the family / Jeanne Marie Laskas -- Never too old to live your dream / Dan Clark -- 10. Graduation -- Life lessons / Dave Barry -- A homecoming of a different sort / Vicki Niebrugge -- Two stories for life / Robert Fulghum -- Humor them! / Katherine D. Ortega -- Know where you're going / Speaker's Sourcebook II -- Don't go / George Plimpton.
Item type: Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection
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Judith Thomas Library Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection DWB Special Leadership Collection BJ 1661 .C36 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA20227 Available AUA20227

1. Getting in --
The wonder years / Hugh Gallagher --
Never say never / Rosa Torcasio --
College bound / Dave Barry --
Bloopers from college admission essays / Richard Lederer --
Strange scholarships / Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader --
The envelope, please / Rory Evans --
If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count / Cynthia Stewart-Copier --
Hani / Jamie Winship --
Inspiration can be anywhere / Cerie L. Couture --
A proposal to myself / Sarah Lockyer --
2. Transition --
Good-bye, Mr. Blib / Beth Mullally --
A Dad says good-bye / Joseph Danziger --
College talk / Kimberly Kirberger --
The "no hug" rule / Cheryl Costello-Forshey --
Shoes in the shower / Lia Gay and Rebecca Hart --
Deck the halls / Melanie Fester --
A letter from college / Adam Christing --
The times I called home from college --
The long road home / Lia Gay --
Breakdown of family traced to Psych. 1 student / Beth Mullally --
3. Lessons from the classroom --
Undeclared / Tal Vigderson --
Making the grade / Varda one --
The good, the bad and the Emmy / David Wiemers --
The thought card / Hanoch McCarty --
I passed the test / Paula Lopez-Crespin --
The wicker chair / Eva Rosenberg --
Dissed / Mary J. Davis --
How to get an A on your final exam / Tony D'Angelo --
A compassionate philosophy / Kristi Nay --
Library Science / Jenna McCarthy --
Your legacy / Tony D'Angelo --
Angels on a pin (101 ways to use a barometer) / Alexander Calandra --
Topsy-turvy world / Kimberly Kirberger --
4. Lessons from outside the classroom --
College wisdom seldom exercised in the summer / Beth Mullally --
Learning how to be roommates / Elsa Lynch --
The plaster shell / Miriam Goldstein --
The great escape / Wendy Marston --
Hanging out to dry / Paul Karrer --
Wrangler and stranglers / Ted Engstrom --
Of mice and maintenance men / Lisa Levenson --
Knowing where to tap / Tony D'Angelo --
Miracle on Times Square / Gunter David --
The dark gift / Kent Nerburn --
Reverse living / Norman Glass --
Blameless / Kathy Johnson Gale --
5. Love 101 --
Finding my way / Zan Gaudioso --
The mirror / Dan Clark --
I dare you! / April Kemp --
The love I'll never forget / Tim Madigan --
Heartbreak 101 / Lauren Fox --
What is sex? / Adam Saperston --
Swans mate for life / Hal Torrance. 6. Acts of kindness --
The boy under the tree / David Coleman and Kevin Randall --
For the kids / Diana Breclaw --
Piano music / Daneen Kaufman --
Ten-dollar bills and roses / Mary J. Davis --
A not-so-random act of kindness / Will Keim --
Christy's last day / Christy Calchera, as told to Dan Clark --
The gift of music / Brandon Lagana --
Our community / Christa F. Sandelier --
7. Friends --
The kids in the hall / Suzanna Casamento --
My sanctuary / Eric Linder --
My friend Kim / Robert Tate Miller --
819 Gaffield Place / Michele Bender --
An unlikely hero / Tony Luna --
With help from a friend / Dorri Olds --
8. Tough stuff --
My star / Zan Gaudioso --
Independence Day / Natasha Carrie Cohen --
#38 Chucky Mullins / James Simmons --
Zap the Sap! / Eric Saperston --
I said no / Natasha Carrie Cohen --
The rest of the story / Jo Wiley Cornell --
Stuck with no way out / Rosanne Martorella --
9. Mind over matter --
Breaking the mold / Zan Gaudioso --
A better message / Carol Grace Anderson --
Homeboy goes to Harvard / Richard Santana --
From the heart of a blessed temple / B.T. Thomas --
Second kind of mind / JeVon Thompson --
Work for your supper / Arlene Green --
Catsup soup / Cynthia Hamond --
Student super-saver / Kevin Van Gundy --
Dare to take risks! / Stephen Hopson --
Emma's ducks / Paul Karrer --
Consider this / Bill Clinton --
All in the family / Jeanne Marie Laskas --
Never too old to live your dream / Dan Clark --
10. Graduation --
Life lessons / Dave Barry --
A homecoming of a different sort / Vicki Niebrugge --
Two stories for life / Robert Fulghum --
Humor them! / Katherine D. Ortega --
Know where you're going / Speaker's Sourcebook II --
Don't go / George Plimpton.